Repercussions would have been less grave if govt acted on time during second wave of Covid: Par panelThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, in its 137th report presented to Rajya Sabha on Monday, said the second wave was undoubtedl...
13 Sep, 2022, 05.33 PM IST
Parliamentary committee recommends govt appeals to nations to identify Covid origin, penalise culpritsThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, in its report titled 'Vaccine Development, Distribution Management and Mitigation of Pandem...
13 Sep, 2022, 12.31 PM IST
Covid-19: Parliamentary panel recommends audit of 'deaths due to oxygen shortage'"The ministry must meticulously examine the oxygen-stricken Covid deaths and ensure that proper compensation is accorded to the families of...
13 Sep, 2022, 12.18 PM IST
Keeping pace with pandemic: Parliament panel advises post-Covid update for NDMAAccording to the report, the government has already constituted a committee to review the NDMA. The government, the report said, has alread...
11 Dec, 2021, 06.48 AM IST
Omicron: Parliamentary panel recommends evaluation of vaccines, more research for booster doseThe panel on health, which presented its report on Friday, also said that concerns with regard to the new strain developing immunoescape me...
04 Dec, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Covid measures for poor, job loss to come under house panel scrutinyParliamentary standing committees, led by Opposition MPs, have added new subjects for examination by the panels which would bring under scr...
01 Jul, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
TMC writes to RS chairman, LS speaker requesting parliamentary panel meetings be held virtuallyThis is the TMC's third letter on the issue, the party said, adding that the first letter was written in July, 2020 and the second letter i...
09 May, 2021, 04.13 PM IST
Covid-19: Parliamentary panels’ meets, central hall events cancelledThe move comes after members of Parliament cutting across party lines gave representations to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Ch...
19 Apr, 2021, 07.48 AM IST
Ram Gopal Yadav-led panel to examine coronavirus vaccine development, distributionThe decision to look at vaccine development comes at a time when serious questions have been raised over emergency use authorisation given ...
04 Jan, 2021, 11.44 PM IST
Parliamentary panel on finance will examine Covid long term impact on economyGovernment experts maintain that the Indian economy will come back to pre-Covid levels by the next financial year (2021-22) as it is recove...
09 Dec, 2020, 11.21 AM IST
Private hospitals charged exorbitant Covid fees: Parliamentary PanelUnderlining that healthcare spending in the country with a population of 1.3 billion is "abysmally low", parliamentary standing committee o...
21 Nov, 2020, 04.23 PM IST
Continue virtual courts in post-Covid period as digital justice is faster, cheaper: Parliamentary PanelAsserting that a court is more of a service than a place, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Jus...
11 Sep, 2020, 12.34 PM IST
Why cheaper COVID-19 medicines not being promoted, Parliamentary panel asks govt officialsA Parliamentary panel told senior government officials on Wednesday to promote cheaper and easily available domestic-made medicines for COV...
15 Jul, 2020, 06.21 PM IST
Covid-19 vaccine possible only in early 2021, senior officials inform parliamentary panelGovernment officials told the parliamentary panel that while they were quite hopeful of a breakthrough as India develops almost 60% vaccine...
11 Jul, 2020, 07.33 AM IST
No quarantine for MPs as govt paves way for House panel meetsStanding committee on petroleum and natural gas holds first meeting after lockdown on Tuesday
07 Jul, 2020, 11.23 PM IST
COVID-19: Members fear quarantine upon return from Parliament panel meetThe fear of being quarantined for up to 14 days upon return to their home state after attending the meeting of a parliamentary committee in...
03 Jun, 2020, 09.56 AM IST
PAC will examine lockdown's economic impact; may call RBI governor: Adhir ChowdhuryUnderlining that the PAC should widely examine the Centre's actions and approach in handling the COVID-19 crisis, Chowdhury said, "The pane...
12 May, 2020, 05.03 PM IST